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School librarian
reaches out to help
'parents help kids learn
By RON SEIGEL
Michigan Citizen
DETROIT - Gwendolyn Le
wis, a school librarian in De
troit's McKenzie High School, is
reaching out to help parents
help kids ..
Lewis, has worked in the De
troit school system for 20 years,
and as a radio host on station
WMKM called "Plant a Seed -
Read", frequently goes to block
GWENDOLYN LEWIS
clubs and community orgariiza
tions to show parents how they
can help kids learn and p pare
them for the 21st century.
Lewis says parent should
"read to them, allow them to
read to us, set times to make
reading a priority."
She said children should b
encouraged to read about topics
that inter t them.
THEY E fascinated by
a TV horror movie on v mpir
parents could take th ,m to th
library and ncour th m to
read books on vampir . Sin
Dracula came from Transyl
vania, they might I:'o be en
courazed to read th historv and
geography of the country, and
may become interested in it.
Children should also be en
couraged to draw pictures or
make cardboard figures of a
story they read, which they can
use to decorate their room.
Or they might be encouraged
to write an anonymous letter to
a friend about it.
If youngsters are in situ
ations where they are bored and
ha ve nothing to do, such as wait
ing in a doctor's office, they can
be encouraged to pick up a book.
Any knowledge they have will
increase self-esteem and a love
of reading will help them in
school, she added.
SHE OTED, WHEN chil
dren are taken care ofby a single
parent or both parents are work
ing, they may feel too busy.
In such cases, parents might
take quality time at weekends,
encourage brothers, and sisters
to read to each other or read on
tape.
Parents, she notes, are the
child's first role models.
Children are ea ily excited
and if parents are excited about
reading, children will share it,
she said, although she adds in
orne cases it might take time.
Lewis said that she noted few
parents visit teachers or come to
PTA meetings, so she decided to
give talks where the parents are.
For grassroot groups, he is
willing to give short 15-20 min
ute talks for free. Lewis has
rved as a paid motivational
peaker for a company she
formed called "Hold or: to Your
Dr ms.
She has program called
"Plant a Seed ... R ad every
Monday from 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
on WMKM A. M. on the 1440
dial.
Thos who wishto hear her
p ak hould call (313) 533-
0203.
nd di carded
h y P t
ch chool
500 -
. d they pent 200
TO CI r Ele-
mentary School, 0 aid sh
pent 1,500 out of her own
money, tated, "1 bought d
ing boo bees e e do not
h library. 1 a 0 bought
per, ditto uppli , construc
tion paper, cr yons, manipula
ti , extra art.food for cooking
projects, ch boo, maga
zin , etc. etc."
"Not enough material ha
. been made available," sh
added ." My room budget is
80 - bsurd."
Leuw nna Virden, who
t ch at McMillan Elemen-
o E HIG C 00
cher aid he h fundrais
erg to get money to purchase
classroom material:O-:-
One teacher id, "1 borrow
from friends who are in the ub
urban system. "
aid they pent
100 -
$200.
Anoth r 5 . d they pent
from 50 to 100,
The DFT id added some
teache pplied for gran to
get ne ry teaching materi-
als, persuaded family membe
and friends to ma e oopi for
them here they wor ed and
" cavenged" for such items as
used computer paper, egg car-
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By RON SEIGEL
M'chl n Citizen
of conflict resolution, and al
ternatives to violence and by
"We will be building Peace
Zones and connecting the e
oome one great big Peace Zone
which is an inspiration to peo
ple all over the country and
the world." she said.
"We no have to p r onal
ize Peace, "sh stated. "We can
do this by targeting th good
things that are happening in
oommuniti and building on
those, targeting the good
things that children are doing
and building on tho e."
For more information, call
SOSAD at (313) 361-5200:
DETROIT - Save Our Sons
and Daughters [SOSAD], an
organization 'organized to
fight youth violence an
nounced that six Detroit rec
reation centers have signed up
for its program to create peace
zones, w bich will be "violence
free, gun-free, and drug free. "
SOSAD founder and presi
dent Clementine Barfield said
that SOSAD would accom
plish this by teaching methods
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e will build eace Zone afUl: .
::connect them to one another until'
the whole city of Detroit has
become one big Peace Zone.'
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helping to organize peace ac
tivities and peace rallies.
zon to one another until the
whole City of Detroit has be-
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